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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population
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0.9086
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[151st of 195]
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immigrant population > Number of immigrants
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539,000
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[59th of 195]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
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immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world
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>0.5% |
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DEFINITION:
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
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Net migration rate
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1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 populati |
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[54th of 225]
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DEFINITION: The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change. High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in the labor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving). |
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
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Net migration rate > A note
one million refugees fled into Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DROC) in 1994 as a result of the ethnic fighting in Rwanda; fighting in the DROC between rebels and government forces in October 1996 caused 875,000 refugees to return to Rwanda in late 1996 and early 1997 and additional refugees have returned in subsequent years; fighting between the Congolese government and Uganda- and Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels spawned a regional war in DROC in August 1998, which left 1.8 million Congolese displaced in DROC and caused 300,000 Congolese refugees to flee to surrounding countries (2002 est.) |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Refugees
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46,450 |
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[44th of 110]
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DEFINITION: Refugees (number in each country, 1990-99) |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Refugees > Convention on refugees
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19 Jul 1965 a |
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DEFINITION: Date of ratification of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. "a" denotes accession. "d" denotes succession. |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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Refugees > Outflow
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28,000 |
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[25th of 76]
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DEFINITION: Refugees by country of origin (2000). The country of origin for many refugees is unavailable or unreported. These data may therefore be underestimates. |
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SOURCE: United Nations Treaty Collection |
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Refugees > US acceptance rates
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22 |
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[37th of 49]
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DEFINITION: The number of US refugee status applications approved in the 2002 fiscal year divided by the number of applications filed in that same period. Note that the applications approved have often been filed in previous years. This explains, for example, why Ghana has a 2002 approval rate of over 100% |
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SOURCE: UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2002. Correspondence on refugees and internally displaced persons. February. Geneva. |
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Refugees > US applications
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246 |
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[18th of 64]
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DEFINITION: Number of refugee status applications filed in the United States in 2002, listed by country of chargeability |
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SOURCE: Nationmaster.com calculations based on USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) data |
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Refugees > US applications approved
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54 |
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[21st of 53]
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DEFINITION: Number of applications for Refugee status in the United States in the 2002 fiscal year approved. Listed by country of chargeability. |
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SOURCE: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services |
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Refugees > US applications denied
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23 |
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[20th of 41]
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DEFINITION: Number of refugee status applications denied in the United States in the 2002 fiscal year, listed by country of chargeability |
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SOURCE: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services |
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Refugees > US applications otherwise closed
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278 |
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[8th of 39]
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DEFINITION: Number of applications for refugee status in the United States in the 2002 fiscal year that were closed for some reason other than approval or denial |
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SOURCE: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services |
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Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs
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1,400,000 |
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[2nd of 40]
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DEFINITION: This entry includes those persons residing in a country as refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs). The definition of a refugee according to a United Nations Convention is "a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution." The UN established the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1950 to handle refugee matters worldwide. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has a different, operational definition for a Palestinian refugee: "a person whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948 and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict." However, UNHCR also assists some 400,000 Palestinian refugees not covered under the UNRWA definition. The term "internally displaced person" is not specifically covered in the UN Convention; it is used to describe people who have fled their homes for reasons similar to refugees, but who remain within their own national territory and are subject to the laws of that state. |
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SOURCE: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services |
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin)
132,295 (Angola); 37,313 (Rwanda); 17,777 (Burundi); 13,904 (Uganda); 6,181 (Sudan); 5,243 (Republic of Congo) |
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DEFINITION: This entry includes those persons residing in a country as refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs). The definition of a refugee according to a United Nations Convention is "a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution." The UN established the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1950 to handle refugee matters worldwide. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has a different, operational definition for a Palestinian refugee: "a person whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948 and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict." However, UNHCR also assists some 400,000 Palestinian refugees not covered under the UNRWA definition. The term "internally displaced person" is not specifically covered in the UN Convention; it is used to describe people who have fled their homes for reasons similar to refugees, but who remain within their own national territory and are subject to the laws of that state. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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US visa lottery winners
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455 US visa lottery winners |
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[41st of 178]
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DEFINITION: The annual United States Diversity Visa program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the strict eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas are distr |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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